Key Terrestrial and Space Environment Sources

Authors

  • Dale L. Johnson
  • William W Vaughan

Keywords:

Natural Environment, Terrestrial, Space, Design, Launch Vehicles

Abstract

Natural (Terrestrial & Space) Environment (NE) phenomena play a significant role in the design and flight of aerospace vehicles and in the integrity of the associated aerospace systems and structures. Both the terrestrial environment (0-90 km altitude) and the space environment (Earth-orbital altitudes) parameters and their engineering application philosophy are given with emphasis on launch vehicle-affected terrestrial environment elements. This paper will describe the key terrestrial and space environment sources: wind; atmospheric; and orbital models used in the design and development of launch/space vehicles.

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Published

2020-02-03

Issue

Vol. 12 (2020)

Section

Original Papers

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